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88th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 2085: Relating to the exemption from the hotel and motel taxes for the renting of lodging under certain circumstances

Died when the session ended · The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

See the fiscal note

Changing the tax exemption is estimated to increase revenues as presented in the following table. 1 Source Department of Revenue /s/ Holly M. Lyons February 10, 2020 Doc ID 1129541 The fiscal note for this Bill was prepared pursuant to Joint Rule 17 and the Io…

Senate subcommittee · named January 30, 2020

  • Sen. Jake Chapman (R)
  • Sen. Randy Feenstra (R)
  • Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 6 for, 1 against

For: City of Des Moines; Grow Clinton County; Iowa League of Cities; Iowa Lodging Association; Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State Association of County Supervisors

Against: Iowa Conference of United Methodist Church

In plain words

  1. January 27, 2020Filed in the Senate and sent to the Ways and Means committee
  2. January 30, 2020Senate subcommittee named: Chapman, Feenstra and Quirmbach

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/SF2085